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Plant Based Protein Adds Innovation, Sustainability and Profits to Restaurant Menus

Sante

Buyer's Edge compared case purchases of meat substitute products by its 20,000+ restaurant customers from 2018 to 2019. Buyers Edge Platform data shows that from 2017 to 2018 the average price of a case of meat substitute products jumped 59.6% from $62 a case to $99 a case. But through 2019, that number came down, dropping 19.2%

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How to Train Your Restaurant Staff When It Comes to Food Safety

The Rail

By Violetta Njunina, Contributor In 2018, restaurants served over 200 million guests , and employed over 9.9 This number is expected to be much higher if food safety complaints and allergen incidents are taken into consideration. million food workers. million by the year 2030. million for a fast-food restaurant.

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How to Meet The Needs of Today’s Coffee Shop Customer

Perfect Daily Grind

“The world we live in is fast-paced, with consumers becoming more and more focused on quality over quantity in many aspects of life,” says Dan Fellows, World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion 2018 and 2019. According to Mintel, over a million British coffee-drinkers switched to decaf in 2018 alone. According to L.E.K.’s

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Top 5 foodservice trends & how technology can help kitchens thrive

Culinary Digital

The most mature delivery markets worldwide—including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States—grew twofold (in the United States) to as much as fourfold (in Australia) in 2018 and 2019 (Exhibit 1). Integration between systems will prove key here.

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Healthy Fast Food Trend Part 1: Beyond Plant Based Burgers

Cheetah

In 2018, ultra-processed foods provided 57% of calories ingested by the average American. For example, catering to specific dietary restrictions like keto, soy-free and other allergens, does not necessarily mean a dish is healthy.

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Give Some, Take Some: How the Community Fridge Fights Food Insecurity

EATER

But in 2018, the German government’s food and safety regulators in Berlin cracked down on fair-teiler, causing a large number of them to be locked by their stewards or moved to more private spaces, instead of remaining free and open on the street for anyone to use any time of the day.

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March/April 2021 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

FASTER Act Makes Sesame a Designated Allergen : On April 23, 2021, sesame was officially designated an allergen as the bipartisan FASTER Act was signed into law by President Biden. The other eight allergens previously designated as allergens include eggs, dairy, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, and soybeans.

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